""Backstage Economies front cover""; ""Title pages""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Chapter One: What is Dance? An Introduction to 'Contemporary Dance'""; ""Chapter Two: Shattered and Sown Europe: Theoretical Questions and Methodological Approaches to Study Dance Under Globalization""; ""Chapter Three: Gender and Masculinities in the World of Contemporary Professional Dance""; ""Colour Plates""; ""Chapter Four: Dance Performance as Labour and Production""; ""Chapter Five: Conclusion""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""Back cover""